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The joint effects of selection and assortative mating on a single polygenic character

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  1. Department of Statistics, University of Adelaide, GPO Box 498, 5001, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    G. M. Tallis & P. Leppard

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Tallis, G.M., Leppard, P. The joint effects of selection and assortative mating on a single polygenic character. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 75, 41–45 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00249140

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